[Tfug] Web server names

[Christopher Robbins]

CDN - Content Delivery Network?  

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Christopher Robbins
Phone - 928.257.6368 
Email - robbinsc at gmail.com




On Jan 21, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> A trivial? question -- for the right person!  :>
> 
> I often see web sites served with a group of hosts (ignoring
> the ad services, etc.).  Usually names like "<foo>static" and
> "<foo>cdn", etc.
> 
> I figure the "static" host probably pushes out invariant
> stuff -- things that can be "blindly"/"mindlessly" served
> (unscripted, etc.).
> 
> No idea what "cdn" is intended to signify/abbreviate but it
> turns up in lots of names.
> 
> Anyone care to shed some light on this?
> 
> Thx,
> --don
> 
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